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Joinfortmill
Joinfortmill's Journal
Joinfortmill's Journal
April 4, 2024
'pour one out for Peter Navarro, the poster boy for the mediocre entitled white male dipshit. Pete’s having the saddest of sads right now, because he’s currently in prison, and guess what: prison fucking suuuuuuuuucks.
it’s only been 16 days, but already Pete’s been whining to all who will listen. the food sucks. the cell sucks. the guards suck. all the other inmates suck. the lack of privacy sucks. waking up at 4am sucks. having no control over your life sucks. it’s not fair! oh, boo fucking hoo. here’s your binky, dumb-ass.
' Navarro is having a shitty time in prison. boo fucking hoo' JEFF TIEDRICH
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/peter-navarro-is-having-a-shitty?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2'pour one out for Peter Navarro, the poster boy for the mediocre entitled white male dipshit. Pete’s having the saddest of sads right now, because he’s currently in prison, and guess what: prison fucking suuuuuuuuucks.
it’s only been 16 days, but already Pete’s been whining to all who will listen. the food sucks. the cell sucks. the guards suck. all the other inmates suck. the lack of privacy sucks. waking up at 4am sucks. having no control over your life sucks. it’s not fair! oh, boo fucking hoo. here’s your binky, dumb-ass.
April 3, 2024
'The Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina this year, Trump-endorsed Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, knows how to fix America’s political and social problems: prevent women from voting...“I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn’t vote,” Robinson argued. “Do you know why? Because in those days, we had people who fought for real social change, and they were called Republicans. … That’s the America we want to bring back. We want to bring back the America where Republicans and principles and true ideas of freedom rule.”...
The calls to disenfranchise women have been growing among Republicans in recent years. Just a few months ago, Ann Coulter was blunt: “Once again, it is time to reconsider our rash experiment with women's suffrage.”
Michigan Republican John Gibbs, it was revealed when he ran for Congress in 2022 as the official GOP candidate for that state’s 3rd congressional district, was ahead of the curve. The former Trump administration official had created a website two decades ago that laid out the conservative argument against women voting:
My words: Speaking as a woman, the GOP has once again poked the sleeping tiger. See you at the polls.
'Is the Republican Argument Against Women Voting Getting New Traction?' Thom Hartmann
https://hartmannreport.com/p/is-the-republican-argument-against-cf9'The Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina this year, Trump-endorsed Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, knows how to fix America’s political and social problems: prevent women from voting...“I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn’t vote,” Robinson argued. “Do you know why? Because in those days, we had people who fought for real social change, and they were called Republicans. … That’s the America we want to bring back. We want to bring back the America where Republicans and principles and true ideas of freedom rule.”...
The calls to disenfranchise women have been growing among Republicans in recent years. Just a few months ago, Ann Coulter was blunt: “Once again, it is time to reconsider our rash experiment with women's suffrage.”
Michigan Republican John Gibbs, it was revealed when he ran for Congress in 2022 as the official GOP candidate for that state’s 3rd congressional district, was ahead of the curve. The former Trump administration official had created a website two decades ago that laid out the conservative argument against women voting:
My words: Speaking as a woman, the GOP has once again poked the sleeping tiger. See you at the polls.
April 1, 2024
My words: Just a reminder from Rachel of who's been sent to jail.
So it's not like manafort's.The only one in Stripes. Right that's how these guys roll you sign up for the Trump campaign
?si=aezsshTlOuRXZf7NMy words: Just a reminder from Rachel of who's been sent to jail.
March 28, 2024
'We welcome back to the show, Tony Schwartz. A former columnist for The New York Post, and associate editor at Newsweek, he was also a reporter for The New York Times and a staff writer at New York Magazine and Esquire. In 1985, Schwartz began interviewing Donald Trump to ghostwrite Trump: “The Art of the Deal” for which he was given co-author credit. Art of the Deal was published in 1987; some say it sold Trump to the public as a successful businessman. Today, Tony will help us understand more fully who Trump was back then and who he has become.'
My words: This is a fascinating hour. At the end of the discussion Tony Schwartz makes a statement about Trump calling for another uprising if he loses the 2024 election. And, to my mind, that statement provides at least one reason why Merrick Garland rounded up all the 'foot soldiers' in the first uprising. Those folks are now in jail and although it might not stop another uprising, it may mitigate it. VOTE, people.
'Trump Ghostwriter Shares Trump SECRETS with Michael Cohen Mea Culpa'
&t=82s'We welcome back to the show, Tony Schwartz. A former columnist for The New York Post, and associate editor at Newsweek, he was also a reporter for The New York Times and a staff writer at New York Magazine and Esquire. In 1985, Schwartz began interviewing Donald Trump to ghostwrite Trump: “The Art of the Deal” for which he was given co-author credit. Art of the Deal was published in 1987; some say it sold Trump to the public as a successful businessman. Today, Tony will help us understand more fully who Trump was back then and who he has become.'
My words: This is a fascinating hour. At the end of the discussion Tony Schwartz makes a statement about Trump calling for another uprising if he loses the 2024 election. And, to my mind, that statement provides at least one reason why Merrick Garland rounded up all the 'foot soldiers' in the first uprising. Those folks are now in jail and although it might not stop another uprising, it may mitigate it. VOTE, people.
March 25, 2024
My words: This Traitor is like the cat with nine lives.
'Court reduces Trump bond to $175m and extends deadline; Trump hush money case to start on 15 April - live'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/mar/25/trump-hush-money-trial-fraud-bond-deadline-latest-updatesMy words: This Traitor is like the cat with nine lives.
March 25, 2024
'Days after NBC News announced that former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel will become a paid contributor, she appeared on "Meet the Press" with Kristen Welker, the channel's flagship program. The decision to bring a habitual liar who stood by Donald Trump to a legacy news organization is a tarnish on the brand. '
My words: Wow, wow, wow! This is the longest, most righteous rant I've heard in years!! He excoriates Miss Ronna.
'Steve Schmidt: NBC's Hire of Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel is a "Disgrace" The Warning'
'Days after NBC News announced that former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel will become a paid contributor, she appeared on "Meet the Press" with Kristen Welker, the channel's flagship program. The decision to bring a habitual liar who stood by Donald Trump to a legacy news organization is a tarnish on the brand. '
My words: Wow, wow, wow! This is the longest, most righteous rant I've heard in years!! He excoriates Miss Ronna.
March 25, 2024
My words: Remember Newsy? It's now Scripps News.
'Trump faces deadline today to post $457M bond in NY civil fraud verdict'
My words: Remember Newsy? It's now Scripps News.
March 24, 2024
'Soon, every detail around what happened inside the executive suites at NBC/MSNBC around the hiring, backlash and disappearance of Ronna McDaniel from MSNBC before she could tell her first lie, will be known...Agents, anchors and reporters will work their iPhones, texting and spinning their version of the moment they found out credibility didn’t matter to the executives.
There comes a moment when something terrible is going to happen. It will shock our conscience and hearts. Perhaps it will terrify us, and maybe people will lie about the matter to seek advantage in a way that could hurt all of us. Maybe, just maybe, there will be an hour of grave danger during which a terrible menace bears down on democracy. Imagine a lawless president who tries to intimidate the media, or shut down a broadcast network. That could never ever happen in America, right? It is as crazy as a president triggering an insurrection, or inciting violence, or calling for a campaign of revenge. Nothing like that could ever happen because in the United States the news would tell us, right?..
Lester Holt matters in America, and so does Savannah Guthrie, because they have over many long years established the credibility necessary to lead global news coverage from a desk in New York City to tell the American people what is happening upon the occasion of the darkest hours. It is a great responsibility and a profound public trust. This is why the vapid, dishonest disgrace that dared say the following on Meet the Press as an NBC News employee, responding to why she stayed silent and indifferent as the chairwoman of the third oldest political party in the world when Trump promised to release scores of violent felons who staged a coup: When you are the RNC chair, sometimes you have to take one for the whole team, right?
McDaniel should never appear on television with a serious NBC journalist as a colleague...Yet, the mix of stupidity, cynicism and incompetence that led to the hiring, and Jones’ ability and agility to scramble away from it has left NBC News holding a giant steaming pile of, well…Heads will roll, as they say."
My words: I did my best to print the gems, but read the entire piece, folks. It's worth it. Note: Bold is mine.
Crisis at NBC News: Steve Schmidt
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/crisis-at-nbc-news'Soon, every detail around what happened inside the executive suites at NBC/MSNBC around the hiring, backlash and disappearance of Ronna McDaniel from MSNBC before she could tell her first lie, will be known...Agents, anchors and reporters will work their iPhones, texting and spinning their version of the moment they found out credibility didn’t matter to the executives.
There comes a moment when something terrible is going to happen. It will shock our conscience and hearts. Perhaps it will terrify us, and maybe people will lie about the matter to seek advantage in a way that could hurt all of us. Maybe, just maybe, there will be an hour of grave danger during which a terrible menace bears down on democracy. Imagine a lawless president who tries to intimidate the media, or shut down a broadcast network. That could never ever happen in America, right? It is as crazy as a president triggering an insurrection, or inciting violence, or calling for a campaign of revenge. Nothing like that could ever happen because in the United States the news would tell us, right?..
Lester Holt matters in America, and so does Savannah Guthrie, because they have over many long years established the credibility necessary to lead global news coverage from a desk in New York City to tell the American people what is happening upon the occasion of the darkest hours. It is a great responsibility and a profound public trust. This is why the vapid, dishonest disgrace that dared say the following on Meet the Press as an NBC News employee, responding to why she stayed silent and indifferent as the chairwoman of the third oldest political party in the world when Trump promised to release scores of violent felons who staged a coup: When you are the RNC chair, sometimes you have to take one for the whole team, right?
McDaniel should never appear on television with a serious NBC journalist as a colleague...Yet, the mix of stupidity, cynicism and incompetence that led to the hiring, and Jones’ ability and agility to scramble away from it has left NBC News holding a giant steaming pile of, well…Heads will roll, as they say."
My words: I did my best to print the gems, but read the entire piece, folks. It's worth it. Note: Bold is mine.
March 24, 2024
How Far We Have Fallen...my words
'I placed the concession call for John McCain to Barack Obama. It was my honor to do so. The result was clear in a free and fair election. Here is what John McCain said that night in a speech written by Mark Salter:
My friends, we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Sen. Barack Obama — to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.
In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans, who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president, is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.
This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.
A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to visit — to dine at the White House — was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.
Sen. Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day — though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her Creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.
Sen. Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.
I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited. '
'Attention NBC News: MAGA doesn't need an interpreter'
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/memo-to-nbcmsnbc-maga-doesnt-needHow Far We Have Fallen...my words
'I placed the concession call for John McCain to Barack Obama. It was my honor to do so. The result was clear in a free and fair election. Here is what John McCain said that night in a speech written by Mark Salter:
My friends, we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Sen. Barack Obama — to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.
In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans, who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president, is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.
This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.
A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to visit — to dine at the White House — was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.
Sen. Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day — though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her Creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.
Sen. Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.
I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited. '
March 22, 2024
My words: The press owes this woman and her family an apology.
London CNN
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'Catherine, Princess of Wales, revealed Friday she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the “early stages” of treatment.
The princess described the diagnosis as a “huge shock” in a video statement released on social media. The news comes two months after she had temporarily stepped away from public life following what Kensington Palace said at the time was surgery for a non-cancerous abdominal condition.'
Catherine, Princess of Wales, announces she has cancer
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/22/uk/kate-princess-of-wales-cancer-diagnosis-intl-gbr/index.htmlMy words: The press owes this woman and her family an apology.
London CNN
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'Catherine, Princess of Wales, revealed Friday she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the “early stages” of treatment.
The princess described the diagnosis as a “huge shock” in a video statement released on social media. The news comes two months after she had temporarily stepped away from public life following what Kensington Palace said at the time was surgery for a non-cancerous abdominal condition.'
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